--Get out a piece of binder paper and put your name, date, and period at the top.
--Label these notes PARALLEL STRUCTURE.
OBJECTIVE: Students will revise personal essays in order to add sentences with parallel structure in order to emphasize or clarify an idea.
OPENING ACTIVITY: Video Introduction
In your notes for today, include answers for the following questions.
- What is parallel structure? Parallel structure is _____________________.
- Provide an example of parallel structure. An example of parallel structure is _________________________.
- What is an example of a sentence that is NOT parallel? What might you write for a sentence stem here?
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INSTRUCTION:
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Guided Practice:
You may work together to go through these practice exercises. The goal is enhance your understanding of the topic so that you can write in parallel structure in your personal essay. This is NOT a test. This is a learning activity. Practice Identifying Parallel
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Your Turn: Applying Concept to Your Own Writing
- Go to your personal essay and find areas where you can use parallel structure effectively. Look for areas where you have a list of three of more.
- Write sentences with parallel structure.
- In your essay, make sure that you highlight parallel structure in yellow.
- MAKE SURE THAT YOU RAISE YOUR HAND SO I CAN CHECK A SENTENCE IN PARALLEL STRUCTURE. This is a classwork assignment. You want to make sure that I give you credit in my phone.
CLOSUREDraw a circle map for the concept of parallel structure.
In the center, write PARALLEL STRUCTURE. In the outer circle, write down definitions, examples, pictures that SHOW me that you understand what parallel structure is. |
Sample Circle Map for Parenthetical Citation to show you what a circle map looks like. Yours will be about parallel structure.
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